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All key quotes for Judaism, Islam, and Themes A, B, D & E.

78 quotes
Judaism

"Hear O Israel, the L-rd is our G-d the L-rd is one"

Belief in one G-d
Shema
Judaism

"In the beginning G-d created the heavens and the earth"

Belief in G-d the creator
Torah
Judaism

"G-d blessed the seventh day and made it holy"

Shabbat / G-d the creator
Torah
Judaism

"Remember the sabbath day and keep it holy"

Shabbat
Ten Commandments
Judaism

"Blessed are you G-d king of the universe, the true judge"

Belief in G-d the judge
Blessing (on death)
Judaism

"I believe with perfect faith in the coming of the messiah"

Messiah
13 Principles of Faith
Judaism

"The whole land of Canaan… I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants"

Covenant with Abraham / Brit Mila
Torah
Judaism

"I am the L-rd your G-d who took you out of Egypt"

Covenant with Moses / Pesach
Ten Commandments
Judaism

"Love your neighbour as you love yourself"

Key moral principles
Torah
Judaism

"Do not murder"

Sanctity of life
Ten Commandments
Judaism

"Man was made in G-d's image and likeness"

Sanctity of life
Torah
Judaism

"He who saves one life is as if he had saved a whole world"

Pikuach nefesh
Talmud
Judaism

"You shall affix it to your doorposts"

Mezuzah
Shema
Judaism

"You shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin"

Brit Mila / Covenant with Abraham
Shema
Judaism

"Hence a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife"

Marriage
Torah
Judaism

"Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son"

Mourning
Torah
Judaism

"Do not cook a kid in its mother's milk"

Kashrut
Torah
Judaism

"For on this day of Atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you of all of your sins"

Yom Kippur
Torah
Judaism

"You shall observe the festival of matzot for on this day I brought you out of the land of Egypt"

Pesach
Torah
Judaism

"For seven days you shall eat matza"

Pesach
Torah
Judaism

"A person should attempt to pray with the community"

Praying with a minyan
Shulchan Aruch
Islam

"Say, He is G-d the One, God the eternal. He begot no one nor was He begotten. No one is comparable to Him"

Tawhid / Nature of G-d
Qur'an
Islam

"Misfortunes can only happen with G-d's permission"

Sunni belief in predestination
Qur'an
Islam

"G-d does not change the condition of a people (for the worse) unless they change what is in themselves"

Shia belief in free will
Qur'an
Islam

"There is no G-d but Allah and Muhammad is the prophet of Allah (Shia add 'and Ali is the friend of G-d')"

Tawhid / Importance of Muhammad / Imamate
Shahadah
Islam

"Each person has angels before him and behind, watching over him by G-d's command"

Angels
Qur'an
Islam

"They will dwell amid scorching wind and scalding water in the shadow of black smoke, neither cool nor refreshing."

Hell
Qur'an
Islam

"Every community is sent a messenger"

Prophets sent to all nations
Qur'an
Islam

"He taught Adam all the names of all things"

Prophet Adam
Qur'an
Islam

"G-d took Ibrahim as a friend"

Prophet Ibrahim
Qur'an
Islam

"Muhammad is not the father of any one of you men; he is G-d's messenger and seal of the prophets"

Prophet Muhammad
Qur'an
Islam

"This is the scripture in which there is no doubt, containing guidance for those who are mindful of G-d"

Holiness of the Qur'an
Qur'an
Islam

"You who believe, when you are about to pray, wash your faces…"

Wudu
Qur'an
Islam

"So woe to those who pray but are heedless of their prayer"

Salah
Qur'an
Islam

"Call on me and I will answer you"

Salah
Qur'an
Islam

"It was in the month of Ramadan that the Qur'an was revealed as guidance for mankind…"

Ramadan
Qur'an
Islam

"What will explain to you what that Night of Glory is? The Night of Glory is better than a thousand months."

Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr)
Qur'an
Islam

"Alms are meant only for the needy"

Zakah
Qur'an
Islam

"Pilgrimage to the House is a duty owed to G-d by people who are able to undertake it"

Hajj
Qur'an
Islam

"The best Jihad is performed by one who awakes in the morning with no intention to wrong anyone"

Greater Jihad
Hadith
Islam

"'Id ul–Fitr is a day of congregation, a day of celebration…"

Id ul Fitr
Hadith
Theme A

"It is not good for man to be alone, I will make a fitting helper for him"

Marriage
Torah
Theme A

"Therefore a man should leave his father and his mother and cling to his wife"

Marriage / Same-sex relationships
Torah
Theme A

"Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman"

Homosexuality
Torah
Theme A

"Man was made in G-d's image and likeness"

Respect for all people
Torah
Theme A

"Love your neighbour as you love yourself"

Respect for all people
Torah
Theme A

"Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth"

Contraception / Having children / Abortion
Torah
Theme A

"Do not commit adultery"

Sex outside marriage
Torah (Ten Commandments)
Theme A

"Whenever anyone divorces his first wife, even the altar in the Temple cries"

Divorce
Talmud
Theme A

"Teach it (Judaism) to your children"

Role of parents
Shema
Theme A

"Teach their child Torah, how to make a living and how to swim"

Role of parents
Talmud
Theme A

"Honour your father and your mother"

Role of children
Torah (Ten Commandments)
Theme A

"In the image of G-d He created them; male and female He created them"

Gender equality
Torah
Theme B

"In the beginning G-d created the heavens and the earth."

Religious view – origins of the universe
Torah
Theme B

"See to it you do not destroy My world, for if you do there will be no one to repair it."

Stewardship
Midrash
Theme B

"Rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky and all the living things."

Dominion
Torah
Theme B

"Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed… and every tree… yielding seed… Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat."

Vegetarianism
Torah
Theme B

"G-d made man in His image and likeness."

Origins of human life / Sanctity of life
Torah
Theme B

"Whoever destroys one life is as if he destroyed a whole world."

Abortion / Euthanasia
Talmud
Theme B

"Do not murder."

Sanctity of life
Torah (Ten Commandments)
Theme B

"And Abraham was gathered to his people."

Death and the afterlife
Torah
Theme B

"I believe with perfect faith in the Resurrection of the dead."

Afterlife
13 Principles of Faith
Theme D

"The world stands on three things: justice, truth and peace"

Justice & peace
Talmud
Theme D

"Justice, justice you shall pursue"

Justice & peace
Torah
Theme D

"The law of the land is the law"

Violent protest & terrorism
Talmud
Theme D

"Do not be jealous"

Greed (not a valid excuse for war)
Torah (Ten Commandments)
Theme D

"You shall wipe out the name of Amalek"

Obligatory war
Torah
Theme D

"If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first"

Self-defence (including saving life)
Talmud
Theme D

"If your enemy is hungry give him bread to eat"

Helping victims of war (even enemies)
Proverbs
Theme D

"They shall beat their swords into ploughshares and study war no more"

World peace (Messianic age)
Book of Isaiah
Theme E

"I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their wicked ways and live"

Reformation (aim of punishment)
Book of Ezekiel
Theme E

"Do not bear a grudge or take revenge"

Retribution (limits of revenge)
Torah
Theme E

"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"

Retribution / Corporal punishment
Torah
Theme E

"He who spares the rod hates his son"

Corporal punishment
Book of Proverbs
Theme E

"A life for a life"

Death penalty
Torah
Theme E

"A man who spills human blood, his own blood shall be spilled by man because God made man in His own image"

Death penalty
Torah
Theme E

"A court that executes a person once in 70 years is a murderous one"

Death penalty (rare use)
Talmud
Theme E

"Forgive us Hashem for we have sinned"

Forgiveness
Amidah prayer